Punjab VB nabs Junior Engineer of Panchayati Raj purple handed with Rs.50,000 bribe cash
CHANDIGARH: Aiming to eradicate corruption within the State as directed by the Punjab chief minister Bhagwant Mann, the Punjab Vigilance Bureau (VB) throughout its ongoing anti-corruption marketing campaign, on Tuesday nabbed a Junior Engineer (JE), Panchayati Raj, purple handed for accepting a bribe of Rs 50,000.
Disclosing this right here at present, a spokesperson of the VB stated the accused JE Balbir Kumar has been arrested on the criticism of Sarpanch Apar Singh of village Julkan, Patiala district.
Giving particulars he knowledgeable the complainant has approached the VB and alleged that the above stated JE was demanding a bribe of Rs. 50,000 for issuing a utilisation certificates to him for the event works accomplished by the gram panchayat.
The spokesperson additional knowledgeable that after verifying this criticism, a VB group from Patiala unit laid a entice and the accused official of panchayats and rural growth division Punjab was caught purple handed whereas taking bribe cash of Rs. 50,000 within the presence of two official witnesses.
He knowledgeable {that a} case beneath Prevention of Corruption Act has been registered towards the accused JE at VB police station, Patiala and additional investigation was beneath progress.